Mallorca 2010 (no.1)

I have just returned from a weeks holiday with the family; we where based in Cala Millor (slap bang in the middle of a sprawling resort laden east coast) not the most ideal base for nipping off for a few hours birding ........ I thought.

Here are some images from S'Albufera Marshes, more from the Calla Millor area later.

S'Albufera marshes- 16/6/10

17 Purple Gallinules

3 Crested Coots

Little Bittern

4 Night Herons

4 Purple Herons

4 Temminks Stints

Kentish Plover

32 Stone Curlews

Osprey

2 Moustached Warblers

4 Fan-Tailed Warblers

Great Reed Warblers

Cettis Warblers

Cattle Egrets

European Pond Terrapins

Red-Eared Terrapins

Swallowtail

Clouded Yellow

Southern Gatekeepers

I managed a day at the S'albufera Marshes....... a well known wildlife mecca; however closer to where we where staying (1 mile away) I found the Punta de N'Amer Nature Reserve, a large untouched headland consisting of coniferous and mixed woodland, dune systems, heathland, open grassland, and rocky coastline. I managed three visits to this site (as well as the farmland inland of the resort), I cant say enough of getting out at 6.00 am and returning later for a cooked breakfast and never being missed!

OH and on Sunday 13th I viewed a Marsh Harrier quartering farmland from Speke Airport terminal! A good start eh?